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A. J. STASEY, WASHING MACHINE.

No. 460,835. Patented Oct. 6, 1891.

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ANDRElV J. STASEY, OF MEXICO, MISSOURI.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,835, dated October6, 1891.

Application filed February 9, 1891- Serial No. 35301771. (No model.)

will be more fully hereinafter described, and

designated in the claim.

, In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my completeinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section taken on the line at atof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a diametrical section of the lid or cover with oneleaf thereof elevated and the other in its normal position. Fig. 4c is aperspective view of one side of the lid or cover as applied to theboiler, with parts broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates an ordinary boiler or receptacleconstructed of sheet or any suitable metal, in which the clothes andwater are adapted to be placed when the same is in functional use. Saidboiler is provided with handles 9, by which the same may be removed andplaced on a source of heat and also manipulated, as desired, at thediscretion of the operator, and said boiler is additionally providedwith re taining-wires 3, which have the function of holding thestationary or permanent part of the cover to said boiler, as will bemore fully hereinafter specifically described. Said wires are secured tothe sides of the receptacle by means of cleats 1 9, in which said wiresare free to rotate. 4 indicates a lid or cover, which is adapted to fitover said boiler 1, and embodies the ordinary function of a lid orcover. Said lid or cover is composed of three sections-to wit, ahorizontal cross-piece 5, to which leaves or wings 6 of the cover arehinged. Said horizontal cross-piece 5 is provided longitudinally on itslateral edges with grooves 7, into which the straight edges of the wingsare adapted to fit when the same are in their normal position, therebyeffecting as near as possible a water-tight joint. Said horizontalcrosspiece is likewise provided on its lower terminal portions withcurvilinear grooves 8, in which the rim of the boiler is adapted to fitwhen said horizontal cross-piece is in its normal position on saidboiler. The upper terminal portion is provided with a groove 9, in whichone of the retaining-wires 3 is adapted to rest in the operation ofsecuring said cross-piece in its normal position on the boiler 1. Inorder to effect the securing of said horizontal crosspiece to theboiler, the end of said piece, which is provided on its top surface withgroove 9, is normally placed on said receptacle 1, with the opposite endthereof in an elevated position, and then retaining-wire 3 is pulledover said end, which is resting in its normal position, while theopposite end thereof is elevated. Then by depressing or lowering saidelevated end the retaining-wire 3 will be brought into groove 9, andwhen the previously-elevated end is resting in its normal position theother retaining'piece may be pulled over the said end, which is beveled,as shown, by which operation the horizontal cross-piece is permanentlysecured to the boiler in its normal position. The wings are hinged tosaid cross-piece in any suitable and mechanical manner; butpreferably asshown in the drawings.

The washing and cleansing function embodied in my invention is composed,essentially, of a series of inverted cups 11, which are rigidly andfirmly secured to horizontal cross-piece or dasher 12 by beingshouldered in the same. The cups are formed of a single piece ofmaterial, and have projecting from their upper parts extensions 11,which pass through apertures in the cross-piece 12 and are securedtherein by pins 11 The outer surface of the cup is ofapproximatelyspherical form, and they have openings or recesses of theshape of the frustum of a cone. Said dasher is rigidly and firmlysecured to a vertical shaft 13, which shaft has its bearings in asuitable perforation formed in the horizontal cross-piece 5, and saidshaft 13 is free to move revolubly in said bearing and also verticallyupwardly and downwardly in the operation of pounding and washing theclothes contained in said receptacle. The revolving motion is designed.to permit the revolution of the cups around in the interior space of thereceptacle and bring them in contact with all the clothes containedtherein. One end ofsaid shaft 13 is provided with an angular portion, onwhich an arm 14 is suitably and mechanically mounted.

15 indicates a spiral spring, which is mounted on shaft 13,0ne end ofthe same resting on a metallic bearing-plate 16, which is secured to thetop surface of horizontal cross-piece 5, and the other end thereofbearing against the lower surface of arm 14. The elasticity ofsaidspring assists in supporting the dasher and inverted cups and alsoautomatically elevates the same when depressed by the application offorce.

17 indicates a plate, which is secured to the lower surface of arm 1 L,against which the upper end of the spiral spring presses. Said plates 16and 17 are provided on their bearing-faces with circular recesses, inwhich the ends of the spiral spring are adapted to fit and also revolvetherein.

Having fully described the mechanical parts of my invention and themanner in which they are conjoined together in functional operation, Iwill now proceed to describe in brief the modus opercmdi of the device.

The parts are made and puttogether substantially as hereinbeforedescribed. The clothes are put in the receptacle 1, with the invertedcups being located above said clothes. By the application of force onthe part of the operator the cups may be depressed and brought incontact with the clothes, thereby pounding and cleansing them at eachsuccessive depression and elevation of the cups.

The upward movement of the cups is effected by the elasticity of spring15, and, as can be readily perceived, requires very little power andphysical energy to operate the dasher, and consequently the cups, whichis quitea valuable consideration in the construction ofwashing-machines.

The object of having a lid,as hereinbefore described, is to permit theinsertion of the clothes and water into the receptacle by the elevationof one While the other is in its normal position, thereby partiallyrestraining the escape of steam, which would be more likely to escape ifthe entire lid was removed, or the operator can stand at the side of theboiler with the hinged wing in its normal position, and the escapingsteam and gas will not come in contact with the face of the operator.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is A Washing-machineconsisting of a receptacle or boiler, a lid or cover composed of threesections and adapted to be placed on said receptacle or boiler,longitudinalgrooves 7 in the edges of the central section, in which theedges of the adjacent sections are adapted to fit, grooves 8 in theunder side of each end of said central section, a groove 9 in the upperside of one end thereof, a downwardly-inclined beveled surface on theopposite end, retainin g-w'i res 3, adapted to fit oversaid ends, across-piece or dasher, a vertical shaft secured to said cross-piece ordasher and having its bearing in the middle port-ion of said lid orcover,.and a handle secured to the upper end of said vertical shaft foroperating the dasher, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREWV J. STASEY. Witnesses:

B. B. LUREMAN, D. P. MOORE.

